Policy development process

Propose a Policy

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Propose new policy or a modification to existing policy.

Attend a public policy meeting in person or remotely to discuss your proposal and other proposals. Minutes of all previous policy discussions at public policy meetings are available here.

Propose a Policy

Please use the policy proposal template below to format and present your proposal.

Send the policy proposal to
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copied to
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. According to the provisions of the PDP, a proposal can also be posted directly to
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(the policy discussion mailing list). We however recommend that it is shared with the PDWG co-chairs first in case any structural changes to the content and formatting are needed.

1. Summary of the problem being addressed by this proposal2. Summary of how this proposal addresses the problem3. Proposal (Please use sub-numbering to make it easy for referencing)4. Revision History5. References

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